The Multi Agency Academic Cooperative Foundation in Valparaiso has received a $1 million gift from the Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation for the construction of a Residential Tactical Training Village. The foundation says the village will provide a real-life training environment for fire and EMS scenario-based situations and street approaches by law enforcement personnel.... Read More
Developers of a new ghost kitchen will celebrate its opening Tuesday at 16 Tech Innovation Park on the near westside of downtown Indianapolis to support emerging Black chefs and restaurateurs. ... Read More
Columbus-based Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) has awarded a more than $1 million grant to Renew Indianapolis help boost Black homeowner equity in a near northeast side neighborhood. The company says the funding will support a program designed to build generational wealth while addressing gentrification in historically Black neighborhoods.... Read More
Ohio-based Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (NYSE: CLF) is planning to indefinitely idle one of the two remaining blast furnaces at its Indiana Harbor Works steel mill in East Chicago. Despite the move, the steelmaker says no Hoosier jobs will be affected.... Read More
Four more businesses have been announced for Union Street Market at Electric Works in downtown Fort Wayne. The market says the addition of Narrow Road Farm, Brooks BBQ & Chicken, Holy Ladle, and the Charlie Horse bar brings its total number of restaurants and food vendors up to 12.... Read More
Avian influenza has been detected in a fourth commercial turkey flock in southern Indiana and nearly three dozen Indiana farms are now under surveillance for the disease.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Direct Connect Logistix has acquired another third-party logistics provider headquartered in Utah. Financial terms of the deal for Performance Logistics LLC are not being disclosed, though DCL says it plans to expand the workforce at the Utah location.... Read More
A bill that seeks to increase the number of Indiana students who complete the federal college financial aid application advanced to the Indiana House after lawmakers rolled back the measure Monday.... Read More
Earlham College has received a $5.4 million gift from Alan and Peg Kral Scantland, alumni from the class of 1974. The college says the funding will help expand its EPIC Journey program this fall.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Solutions Healthcare Management has been acquired by Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting in Denver. While financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, Pinnacle says the deal creates one of the most comprehensive physician advisory companies in the country.... Read More
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has released its annual list of the "Best Places to Work in Indiana" for 2022. A total of 125 businesses representing more than 35 cities and towns throughout the state are included in this year's list. The honorees are compiled by the Workforce Research Group and determined through employer reports and comprehensive employee surveys.... Read More
Home sellers in central Indiana continue to be in the driver’s seat, according to new data from Indianapolis-based F.C. Tucker Co. ... Read More
Mount Vernon-based The Cox Group is leading the seed financing round of a cybersecurity company in Alabama that is trying to improve firewalls against phishing attacks. PhishFirewall, a cybersecurity SaaS company, has closed on the $2.5 million round.... Read More
Indiana State University trustee Cynthia Powers and her husband Mamon have donated $150,000 in honor of alumnus and Tuskegee Airman Quentin P. Smith Sr. ISU says the gift establishes the Quentin P. Smith Sr., Endowed Aviation Scholarship.... Read More
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $213 million contract modification to Roche Diagnostics in Indianapolis. The contract boost is for the production of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests for the U.S. Army.... Read More
Bob and Pat Kill like to leave their South Bend home during winter and spend the season in a place where they don’t have to shovel a foot of snow.... Read More
From an Italian refugee camp to the pinnacle of motorsports, Mario Andretti has led a life of excitement and accomplishment. And his need for speed started at a very young age. ... Read More
Officials at Indianapolis International Airport say 7.1 million passengers in 2021 show the airport inching closer to pre-pandemic levels and it is clear who is leading the comeback: The leisure traveler. “It is just a transformative period in our industry,” said Airport Authority Executive Director Mario Rodriguez, who adds “a decade (of change) has been compressed into two years.” ... Read More
Innovation in genetic detection is giving farmers a better opportunity to claim premiums on their non-GMO crops. On this week's episode of the Ag+Bio+Science podcast, AgriNovus Indiana Chief Executive Officer Mitch Frazier talks to Ryan Skaar, chief operating officer of NanoBio Designs in Indianapolis.... Read More
New Albany-based Cimtech has announced plans to grow its southern Indiana operations. The precision manufacturer says it will invest $2.3 million over the next 10 years to add nearly 14,000 square feet of space and a small number of jobs.... Read More
